The Jesuit New World Order

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

THE BLACK POPE A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

Father Adolfo Nicolás, a Spanish priest and missionary to Asia, was elected the new Superior General of the Jesuits.
A TIME article notes that Nicolás, also known as the “Black
Pope,” holds a “lifetime posting” that “has sway over a network of
priests, universities, hospitals and other missionary institutions
around the globe.”iTIME also states that “...the rest of the Church never allowed a Jesuit to be elected to the real papacy for fear of concentrating too much power in the hands of the order.”ii
What TIME doesn’t mention is the incredible global power that the Jesuits already hold. According to historian Dave Hunt, “The Pope has thousands of secret agents worldwide. They include Jesuits, the Knights of Columbus, Knights of Malta, Opus Dei, and others.” Jesuits aim at universal dominion.
They have rendered themselves indispensable to the Pope and to U.S.
governors. They hold revolutions in their hands, and, as it was written
by Luigi Descantis in 1865, “it is they who rule the world.”iii
Given the Jesuits’ dominion, how powerful is their Superior General? In 1720, Michael Angelo Tamburini, then General of the Jesuits,
said to the Duke of Brancas, “See, my lord, from this room—from this
room I govern not only Paris, but China: not only China, but the whole
world, without any one knowing how ‘tis managed.”iv
A conversation with Father Nicolás shows him open, humble, self-effacing, and approachable.v
However, being a nice guy isn’t the equivalent of being a Christian.
Jesus says that not everyone who says “Lord, Lord” will enter the
kingdom of heaven (Matthew 7:21).
Note these worrisome aspects of Father Nicolás’ theology:

1. Evangelism

Father Nicolás’ view of evangelism doesn’t involve conversion. Describing the attitude of St. Francis Xavier (a 16th
century Catholic priest) toward a Buddhist monk, Nicolás says, “Xavier
did not go there to convince him to become a Christian; he went there to
tell him: ‘Look...your life is not good. You have to help people to
become better.’ And that’s a tremendous insight into how God works in
other people, even in a Buddhist monk.”vi
Nicolás believes evangelism is more about encouraging people to “be good” than about sharing Jesus with them.

2. Allegiance to the Pope.

Historically, Jesuit Generals support the Pope as father of the faithful. Total commitment to the Pope is exercised through the Jesuits’ use of St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises:
...to take an irrevocable vow of obedience—the obedience of the dead
body, which has no will and no motion of its own...The obedience
goes...to the Pope; and when the Pope says that black is white, and
white black, it is the great moral glory, of the order that it is able
to repeat the lie...viiSubmission to human authority separates the Jesuit from the true Protestant. While the Bible believer recognizes the truth in God’s Word, the Jesuit is tied to ecclesiastical traditions.

3. Liberation Theology

This theology, which began in impoverished areas of South America,
states that the Church should come alongside the working class to bring
social change.viii
According to BBC, “The movement was caricatured in the phrase ‘If Jesus
Christ were on Earth today, he would be a Marxist revolutionary.’”ix If indeed liberation theology is communist in nature, we should see communism and fascism apparent in its mandates and encyclicals. And indeed we do. In another report, we investigate Roman Catholic economic thought and its parallels with fascism.
In the 1980s, Liberation Theology “was blasted as a ‘fundamental threat’ to the church by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who has now become Pope Benedict XVI.”x
Despite this, Father Nicolás said in an interview that Liberation
Theology “is a courageous and creative response to an unbearable
situation of injustice in Latin America” and “it needs years to mature.”xi
So how much of this supposed tension between the opinions of Nicolás and
Ratzinger is really just a smoke screen? This is an intriguing
contradiction—Jesuits claim to obey the Pope, but the Jesuit Superior General wants to give a Papacy-condemned theology “years to mature.”

Conclusion

Should the free world be concerned over the Jesuit organization? A recent article in the National Catholic Reporter reveals
that “...a whopping 52 members of the 111th Congress...are alumni of
[Catholic]...institutions...Of the 52 alumni, 34 received graduate or
professional degrees from Jesuit universities…”xii With
their allegiance squarely with the Pope, these Jesuit “soldiers” are
responsible, at least in part, for shaping the economic and political
thought of the United States—one of the mightiest nations in the world.
Like his predecessors, the new Superior General is a powerful [and dangerous] man to whom even the Pope is subject.xiii
The black pope, who today is Father Adolfo Nicolás, is Ratzinger’s
confessor. “The Pope’s confessor, an ordinary priest, must be a Jesuit:
he must visit the Vatican once a week at a fixed time, and he alone may absolve the Pope of his sins.”xiv
The next few years will reveal more of the papacy’s plans as they are brought to fruition. “Watch ye therefore, and pray always” Luke 21:36 KJV.
For more information about the Black Pope and the Jesuits see Total Onslaught, #212 Hidden Agendas

"To preserve [the] independence
[of the people,] we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and
servitude."~ Thomas Jefferson
Protestantism is not based on reasoning, human judgment, and natural law, but on moral absolutes given by God through His Word (See John 14:6). Reverend J. A. Wylie tells us this in his book The History of Protestantism:

Protestantism is not solely the outcome of human progress; it is no mere
principle of perfectibility inherent in humanity...It is neither the
product of the individual reason, nor the result of the joint thought
and energies of the species. Protestantism is a principle which has its
origin outside human society: it is a Divine graft on the intellectual
and moral nature of man, whereby new vitalities and forces are
introduced into it, and the human stem yields henceforth a nobler
fruit...In a word, Protestantism is revived Christianity.i

I cannot too much impress upon the minds of my readers that the Jesuits
by their very calling, by the very essence of their institution, are
bound to seek, by every means, right or wrong, the destruction of
Protestantism. This is the condition of their existence, the duty they
must fulfill, or cease to be Jesuits.

Accordingly, we find them in this
evil dilemma. Either the Jesuits fulfill the duties of their calling, or
not. In the first instance, they must be considered as the the biggest
enemies of the Protestant faith; in the second, as bad and unworthy
priests; and in both cases, therefore, to be equally regarded with
aversion and distrust.ii

One way the Jesuits worked to reverse the result of the Reformation—that
is, Protestantism—was to replace the moral absolutes of Protestantism
with relativism. The Jesuits sowed this relativism throughout history
using new doctrines, ecumenism, and the Pentecostal movement.
Most recently the Hippie and rock movements, and even the trend toward
Christian psychology, have also been tools for the spread of relativism:
Throughout the centuries of Rome's existence, the popes have regularly claimed to be divine. As the supposed successor of Peter, the Pope claims infallibility, the position of God on Earth, and ability to judge and excommunicate angels.

This belief has so assimilated into society's thinking that it is believed by many beyond Catholic circles. According to TIME, Pope John Paul II's assassination attempt prompted a young Jewish man to say, "shooting the Pope—It's like shooting God."ii

The Bloody History of Papal Rome - A Timeline

In 1940, French statesman Baron DePonnat stated “Roman
Catholicism was born in blood, has wallowed in blood, and has quenched
its thirst in blood, and it is in letters of blood that its true history
is written.” Indeed, the history of papal Rome has been one of brutal
torture, slaughter, and mass murder. The below list provides a sampling
of papal Rome’s bloody history.
1096 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter half the Jews in Worms, Germany.1098 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter almost all of the inhabitants of the city of Antioch.1099 Roman Catholic crusaders massacre 70,000 Muslims and Jews when they capture Jerusalem.1208 – 1226 The Albigensian Crusades in southern France.
Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter approximately 20,000 citizens of
Beziers, France on July 22, 1209. Both Albigensian Christians and
Catholics were slain. By the time the Roman Catholic armies finished
their “crusade,” almost the entire population of southern France (mostly
Albigensian Christians) has been exterminated. During the six centuries
of papal Inquisition that began in the 13th century, up to 50 million
people were killed.1236 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter Jews in the
Anjou and Poitou regions of western France. The Catholic crusaders
trample to death under their horses 3000 Jews who refuse baptism.1243 Roman Catholic mobs burn alive all the Jews in Berlitz, Germany (near Berlin).1298 Roman Catholic mobs burn alive all Jews in Rottingen, Germany.April 26, 1349 Roman Catholic mobs burn to death all Jews in Germersheim, Germany. 1348 – 1349 The Jews are blamed for the bubonic plague.
Author Dave Hunt tells us, “Accused of causing the ‘Black Death’ Jews
were rounded up [by Roman Catholic mobs] and hanged, burned, and drowned
by the thousands in revenge.”1389 Roman Catholic mobs murder 3000 Jews in Prague when they refuse to be baptized.1481 – 1483 At the direction of the Roman Catholic
inquisitors, authorities burn at the stake at least 2000 people during
the first two years of the Spanish Inquisition. 1540 – 1570 Roman Catholic armies butcher at least 900,000 Waldensian Christians of all ages during this 30-year period.1550 – 1560 Roman Catholic troops slaughter at least
250,000 Dutch Protestants via torture, hanging, and burning during this
ten-year period. 1553 – 1558 Roman Catholic Queen Mary I of England (aka
“bloody Mary”) attempts to bring England back under the yoke of papal
tyranny. During her reign, approximately 200 men and woman are burned to
death at the sake. Her victims include bishops, scholars, and other
Protestant leaders. 1572 St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. French Roman
Catholic soldiers begin killing Protestants in Paris on the night of
August 24, 1572. The soldiers kill at least 10,000 Protestants during
the first three days. At least 8000 more Protestants are killed as the
slaughter spreads to the countryside.1618 – 1648 The Thirty Years’ War. This bloody,
religious war is planned, instigated, and orchestrated by the Roman
Catholic Jesuit order and its agents in an attempt to exterminate all
the Protestants in Europe. Many countries in central Europe lose up to
half their population.1641 – 1649 Eight years of Jesuit-instigated Roman Catholic butchery of Irish Protestants claims the lives of at least 100,000 Protestants.1685 French Roman Catholic soldiers slaughter
approximately 500,000 French Protestant Huguenots on the orders of Roman
Catholic King Louis 14 of France. Circa 1938 – 1945 Catholic dictators such as Adolf
Hitler and Monsignor Tiso slaughter approximately six million Jews in
Europe prior to and during World War 2.
1941 – 1945 The Roman Catholic Ustashi in the fascist
state of Croatia butcher up to one million Serbian Orthodox Christians.
Roman Catholic killer squads are often led by Franciscan priests, monks,
and friars. This genocide is choreographed by two Jesuit prelates:
Aloysius Stepinac and Ivan Saric.

Further Quotes from Vatican Documents show the Papacy's belief in Papal Infallibility:

Pope Leo XIII said these things about the role of the Papacy and the Roman Church:

Our thoughts went out towards the immense multitude of those who are strangers to the gladness that filled all Catholic hearts: some because they lie in absolute ignorance of the Gospel; others because they dissent from the Catholic belief, though they bear the name of Christians.

This thought has been, and is, a source of deep concern to Us; for it is impossible to think of such a large portion of mankind deviating, as it were, from the right path, as they move away from Us, and not experience a sentiment of innermost grief.
But since We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty...vii

But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself.viii

And more recently, Pope John Paul II wrote that names like "Holy Father" are applicable to the Pope, even though calling him that is counter to the Gospel:

Have no fear when people call me the "Vicar of Christ," when they say to me "Holy Father," or "Your Holiness," or use titles similar to these, which seem even inimical to the Gospel.ix

The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility is UnBiblical

The Bible does not support the belief of papal infallibility. It declares that "all of sinned and come short of the glory of God" (Roman 3:23). This includes the Pope. These boasts of the Papal State fulfill the Bible's prediction of what the Antichrist power would do:

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws...(Daniel 7:25).

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven (Revelation 13:5-6).

Church historian R. Tudor Jones writes that "the majority of the martyrs were ordinary people, including many women"...John Foxe was an eyewitness and earnest historian of the fierce
persecution in England in his day. His Book of Martyrs gives detailed
accounts of many public trials and executions of those whom the Roman
Catholic Church judged to be "heretics" worthy of death. His
descriptions of Christians being burned at the stake tell of their
inspiring bravery in the face of such a horrible death and of the
determination of Roman Catholicism to exterminate everywhere true
Christians who opposed her. Similar records have come down of the massacres of Jews at the
hands of the Roman Church.

John Daniel, The Grand Design Exposed (CHJ Publishing, 1999): 27, 78:

Through relentless torture, starvation, genocide,
massacres, burning at the stake, against every conceivable fury of
[Papal] Rome, they [i.e., the ‘seeds of protest’] could not be
extinguished. History estimates that over one hundred million people
lost their lives during that time of [Papal] Roman tyranny. Is it any
wonder that God graphically describes this onslaught of [Papal] Rome as
her being ‘drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of
the martyrs of Jesus’, and calls her the ‘Beast’?

…For the unbiased researcher, history
reeks of the butchery of Romanism, where whole cities and populations
were unmercifully wiped out, just because they worshipped God in a
manner that was different from Roman Catholicism.

Charles A. Bolton (Ex-Roman Catholic priest):

What has turned my soul against Roman abuse of power
is the way in which it has tortured and burned such saints of God as
Joan of Arc, hundreds of the Albigensian martyrs in France in the 12th
century, the Knights Templar, John Huss [Czech Jan Hus], the Dominican
Savonarola, the Dominican Giordano Bruno, [and] the Anglican bishops
Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer. The Inquisition has promoted at least
two wholesale massacres: [hundreds of] thousands of Protestant
Waldensians in northern Italy, and thousands of Protestant Huguenots by
the massacre of St. Bartholomew in France. More than 30,000 of the
most cultured Protestants of France were put to the sword on the night
of St. Bartholomew, August 24, 1572. At the news [of this brutal,
bloody massacre], the Pope had cannons fired, proclaimed a jubilee,
ordered a Te Deum of thanksgiving to be sung, and struck a special
medal to commemorate the glorious ‘victory’.

To wring out confessions from
these poor creatures, the
Roman Catholic Church devised ingenious tortures so excruciating and
barbarous that one is sickened by their recital.

The Medieval Inquisition had flourished for centuries when Pope Paul
III, in 1542, gave it permanent status as the first of Rome’s Sacred
Congregations, the ‘Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Inquisition’. Known
more recently as the ‘Holy Office’, its name was changed in 1967 to the
‘Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’…Therefore it is
not surprising that the ‘Office of the Inquisition’ still occupies the
Palace of the Inquisition adjacent to the Vatican, though under its new
name, the ‘Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’. Its current
Grand Inquisitor, who reports directly to the pope, is the former
Archbishop of Munich, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, whom Time [Magazine]
has called ‘the world’s most powerful cardinal [and] the Catholic
Church’s chief enforcer of dogma…’

Will Durant (Historian 1885-1981), The Story of Civilization
(MJF Books, 1993):

Christians [i.e., Roman Catholics] of the twelfth century accused
the Jews of kidnapping Christian children either to sacrifice them to
Jahveh, or to use their blood as medicine or in the making of
unleavened bread for the Passover feast. Jews were charged with
poisoning the wells…and of stealing consecrated wafers to pierce them
and draw from them the blood of Christ…[and] of draining the wealth of
Christendom into Jewish hands.”

Peter de Rosa, Vicars of Christ: The Dark Side of the Papacy (New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 1988): 175:

Of eighty popes in a line from the thirteenth century on, not
one of them disapproved of the theology and apparatus of Inquisition.
On the contrary, one after another added his own cruel touches to the
workings of this deadly machine.

F. Tupper Saussy, Rulers of Evil (HarperCollins, 2001): xviii, 304:

The Roman Inquisition…had been administered since 1542 by the Jesuits.

Pontifex Maximus [i.e., the pope of Rome] has laundered the
Inquisition’s name twice. In 1908, Pope Pius X renamed it ‘the Holy
Office’, which [Pope] Paul VI transformed into [the] ‘Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith’ in 1965.

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"~ Edmond Burke, British statesman
In Daniel we read that one of the characteristics of the
Antichrist is that it would wear out the saints of the Most High:

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws (Daniel 7:25).

The Papacy has a long history of "wearing out" the saints of the Most High. Below is a timeline of the generally aggressive history of the Roman Catholic Church, but the most tragic one that concerns the Word of God is the persecution during the Middle Ages of anyone daring to oppose the Church. The Bible predicts that the saints of the Most High would be persecuted for 1260 years.

Historian J. A. Wylie said this:

It is idle in Rome to say, "I gave you the Bible, and therefore you must believe in me before you can believe in it."
The facts...conclusively dispose of this claim. Rome did not give us
the Bible—she did all in her power to keep it form us; she retained it
under the seal of a dead language; and when others broke that seal, and
threw open its pages to all, she stood over the book, and unsheathing
her fiery sword, would permit none to read the message of life, save at
the peril of eternal anathema" (emphasis in original).i

During these years of oppression in which the masses
were kept in ignorance and the priest held sway over every aspect of
life, here and there arose individuals willing to shine a light into
the darkness. Dave Hunt tells us that because they rejected transubstantiation, "Christians were burned at the stake by Roman Catholics by the hundreds of thousands."ii
In 1940, French statesman Baron DePonnat stated, “Roman Catholicism was born in blood, has wallowed in blood, and has quenched its thirst in blood, and it is in letters of blood that its true history is written.” Indeed, the history of papal Rome has been one of brutal torture, slaughter, and mass murder. Read more quotes confirming the Papacy's violent history

A Bloody Past

1096 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter half the Jews in Worms, Germany.1098 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter almost all of the inhabitants of the city of Antioch.
1099 Roman Catholic crusaders massacre 70,000 Muslims and Jews when they capture Jerusalem.1208 – 1226 The Albigensian Crusades in southern France. Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter approximately 20,000 citizens of Beziers, France, on July 22, 1209. Albigensian Christians and Catholics were slain. By the time the Roman Catholic armies finished their “crusade,” almost the entire population of southern France (mostly Albigensian Christians) has been exterminated. During the six centuries of papal Inquisition that began in the 13th century, up to 50 million people were killed. Read what J. A. Wylie's The History of Protestantism has to say about the Crusades against the Abigenses1236 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter Jews in the Anjou and Poitou regions of western France. The Catholic crusaders trample to death under their horses 3000 Jews who refuse baptism.1243 Roman Catholic mobs burn alive all the Jews in Berlitz, Germany (near Berlin).1298 Roman Catholic mobs burn alive all Jews in Rottingen, Germany.April 26, 1349 Roman Catholic mobs burn to death all Jews in Germersheim, Germany. 1348 – 1349 The Jews are blamed for the bubonic plague. Author Dave Hunt tells us, “Accused of causing the ‘Black Death’ Jews were rounded up [by Roman Catholic mobs] and hanged, burned, and drowned by the thousands in revenge.”1389 Roman Catholic mobs murder 3000 Jews in Prague when they refuse to be baptized.1481 – 1483 At the direction of the Roman Catholic inquisitors, authorities burn at the stake at least 2000 people during the first two years of the Spanish Inquisition. 1540 – 1570 Roman Catholic armies butcher at least 900,000 Waldensian Christians of all ages during this 30-year period.1550 – 1560 Roman Catholic troops slaughter at least 250,000 Dutch Protestants via torture, hanging, and burning during this ten-year period. 1553 – 1558 Roman Catholic Queen Mary I of England (aka “bloody Mary”) attempts to bring England back under the yoke of papal tyranny. During her reign, approximately 200 men and woman are burned to death at the sake. Her victims include bishops, scholars, and other Protestant leaders.

1572 St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. French Roman Catholic soldiers begin killing Protestants in Paris on the night of August 24, 1572. The soldiers kill at least 10,000 Protestants during the first three days. At least 8000 more Protestants are killed as the slaughter spreads to the countryside.1618 – 1648 The Thirty Years’ War. This bloody, religious war is planned, instigated, and orchestrated by the Roman Catholic Jesuit order and its agents in an attempt to exterminate all the Protestants in Europe. Many countries in central Europe lose up to half their population.1641 – 1649 Eight years of Jesuit-instigated Roman Catholic butchery of Irish Protestants claims the lives of at least 100,000 Protestants.1685 French Roman Catholic soldiers slaughter approximately 500,000 French Protestant Huguenots on the orders of Roman Catholic King Louis 14 of France. Circa 1938 – 1945 Catholic dictators such as Adolf Hitler and Monsignor Tiso slaughter approximately six million Jews in Europe prior to and during World War 2.
1941 – 1945 The Roman Catholic Ustashi in the fascist state of Croatia butcher up to one million Serbian Orthodox Christians. Roman Catholic killer squads are often led by Franciscan priests, monks, and friars. This genocide is choreographed by two Jesuit prelates: Aloysius Stepinac and Ivan Saric.
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Definitions of Fascism

Fascism is a system of government that gives the state full control over
the population. The government works in partnership with Big Industry.
Under
fascism, wealth is redistributed and controlled by the government.
Ownership of land is only on paper. In reality everything is actually
owned by the government, and the citizens are just working the land.
Free men—the ruling men—own all the land and control all the workers.
Today, these free men are the industry leaders and big businesses.
Historian and journalist Joan Veon explains how fascism comes to fruition:

Through public-private partnerships, the balance of power shifts from
the people to the partner who has the most money. As the power shifts to
the deepest pockets (the corporation), we have then moved into
fascism—rule by big (reinvented) government and big business.i

Veon says that these two elements are key in introducing fascism:

(1) the downsizing of federal government in order to fit into the future global governance
(2) the government's shift to privatization of public services through public-private partnerships.ii

The New York Observer published an interview with former Congressman John Hall, who warns that fascism could be next for America:

Hudson
Valley Congressman John Hall warned that the nation could quickly
descend into Fascism if more is not done to curb the influence of
corporate money in politics.
Speaking about the Citizen's United decision, which allowed unregulated
flow of cash into campaign coffers, Hall said, "I learned when I was in
social studies class in school that corporate ownership or corporate
control of government is called Fascism. So that's really the
question—is that the destination if this court decision goes unchecked?"iii

The Economic Thought of the Roman Catholic Church

Fascism appeals to the Roman Catholic Church because it is the perfect vehicle through which to gain global control.
Popular 20th-century journalist Pierre van Paassen wrote this about Catholicism's nature:

For
today Rome considers the Fascist regime the nearest to its dogmas and
interest. We have not merely the Reverend (Jesuit) Father Coughlin
praising Mussolini's Italy as "a Christian Democracy," but Civilita
Cattolica, house organ of the Jesuits, says quite frankly "Fascism is
the regime that corresponds most closely to the concepts of the Church
of Rome."iv

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is considered by the Catholic Church to be
its greatest theologian. His thinking is “foundational for understanding
the economic thought of the Roman Church-State.”v

Aquinas taught the socialist idea of communal possessions, using the same political buzzwords we are seeing in today's papal statements. In Summa Theologiae he makes these frightening statements:

The
possession of all things in common is the natural law…‘the possession
of all things in common and universal freedom’ are said to be of the
natural law because, to wit, the distinction of possessions and slavery
were not brought in by nature, but devised by human reason for the
benefit of human life.

The community of goods is ascribed to the natural law,
not that the natural law dictates that all things should be possessed
in common and that nothing should be possessed as one’s own, but because
the division of possessions is not according to the natural law, but
rather arose from human agreement...the ownership of possessions is not
contrary to the natural law, but an addition thereto devised by human reason...Hence, whatever certain people have in superabundance is due, by natural law, to the purpose of succorring the poor (emphases added).vi

So, as Rome sees it, property is for common good. You may own it, but it
is for common good. Whatever you have that is more than you need will
be given to others. Does this mean in practical terms that if you own
anything, you will be taxed to death so that the state may collect
revenues to support those who have not?
Pius XI tells us this in his 1931 encyclical Quadragesimo Anno:

Under Fascism, property owners may keep their property titles and deeds,
but the use of their property is, as Leo XIII wrote, “common”. Fascism
is a form of socialism that retains the forms and trappings of
capitalism, but not its substance. Under Fascism, property titles and
deeds are intact, but the institution of private property has disappeared. Government regulations and mandates have replaced it. For this distinction between legal ownership and actual use, the fascists owe a debt to the Roman Church-State (emphases added).vii

According to Second Vatican Council document Gaudium et Spes,
“The complex circumstances of our day make it necessary for public
authority to intervene more often in social, economic and cultural
matters.”viii

Fascism Today

We are living in a completely new reality. So we want
to know, what is this reality? What is different now after the [world
economic] crisis from before the crisis? Because our assumption is that
this crisis was a structural one. Many things have changed and we should not go back to the old recipes.

We [the World Economic Forum] want to make a strong contribution to the G20 process. We are working together with the French Presidency. The G20 has become a major element of the global governments.

Business has to be integrated into this process because the problems which we face cannot be solved by governments alone. They need public-private partnerships. They need the support of the business community and of civil society (emphasis added).ix

John Paul II became the first pontiff ever to visit the UK when he made the six-day tour of the country.

He visited Canterbury Cathedral on 29 May to say prayers with the then
[Anglican] Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie.
Streets were lined by 25,000 people and the Pope told the congregation
it was a day "which centuries and generations have awaited"...

The
Pope and Dr Runcie knelt in silent prayer at The Place of the
Martyrdom, the spot where St Thomas-a-Becket was murdered in 1170.

Derek Ingram-Hill, an honorary canon at the cathedral...said: "It was a
very moving moment to see the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury
praying on the very spot where the most famous of all archbishops,
Thomas-a-Becket, had fallen so many centuries ago.“i

What is so monumental about Thomas Becket's death?

Who is Thomas Becket?

Thomas Becket, also known as Thomas-a-Becket or Thomas à Becket
(1118-1170), was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 AD.
Remember that this occurred before the Protestant Reformation, meaning
that the Catholic Church was the only Church. The Archbishop of
Canterbury was Catholic, as Anglicanism did not yet exist.
At
that time, King Henry II of England (1133-1189) wanted to decrease the
power of the Roman Catholic Church in his kingdom. Henry wrote 16
constitutions to this end, but Becket refused to ratify them.
According to the New World Encyclopedia, "Henry was
characteristically stubborn and on 8 October 1164, he called the
Archbishop, Thomas Becket, before the Royal Council. However, Becket had
fled to France and was under the protection of Henry's rival, Louis VII
of France.
"The King continued doggedly in his pursuit of control over his clerics,
to the point where his religious policy became detrimental to his
subjects. By 1170, the Pope was considering excommunicating all of
Britain. Only Henry's agreement that Becket could return to England
without penalty prevented this fate."ii
When Becket returned, he began to excommunicate his opponents in the
Church, frustrating more of King Henry's plans. In a moment of anger,
the king said something along the lines of, "Who will rid me of this
meddlesome priest?" And unfortunately for Thomas Becket, four of Henry's
devout knights overheard the king's complaints and decided to answer
the King's call by ruthlessly murdering Becket in 1170.iii

The Fallout

Becket's murder caused more stress than relief for King Henry II, who had to smooth things over with the Papacy:

Just three years later, Becket was canonized and revered as a martyr
against secular interference in God's church; Pope Alexander III had
declared Thomas Becket a saint...The Compromise of Avranches in 1172
marked the reconciliation of Henry II of England with the Catholic
Church after the murder in 1170 of Thomas Becket. Henry was purged of
any guilt in Becket's murder, but he agreed that the secular courts had
no jurisdiction over the clergy, with the exceptions of high treason,
highway robbery and arson:

The murder had far-reaching consequences for England, but the immediate
result was that Henry II had to make peace with the Church. He did this
four years later by performing penance at Canterbury Cathedral. He was
beaten by eighty monks while wearing sack cloth and ashes and spent the
night in vigil at Saint Thomas Becket's tomb. The Church had wasted no
time and had canonized Becket in 1173. He (Henry II) also had to promise
to raise money for the Crusades and to either mount a Crusade or make a
pilgrimage. He did neither. There was enough to do at home.iv

The Roman Catholic Church uses
military-like orders or societies to carry out their aims and protect
the Church. Using these societies as a secret army to do the Church's
bidding protects it from scrutiny and bad press. For example, in the
Middle Ages, the Knights Templar was an order that fought in the
crusades on behalf of the Papacy. Templar Knights were given the ability
to ignore many laws, taxes, and authorities, but had to obey the Pope.i

Although we don't see the Knights Templar in their original form,
there are many new versions of the Order, such as the Knights of Malta,
Freemasons, and the various Orders of knights in Britain. European and
North American political leaders are often members of these Orders.
If
the Order is subservient to the Pope alone, and the British Queen and
American President are members of the Order, who really rules the
Western world?

One Order of particular interest is the Knights of Malta. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia,
the Order of the Knights of Malta is, "The most important of all the
military orders, both for the extent of its area and for its duration.
It is said to have existed before the Crusades and is not extinct at the
present time."ii
The Knights of Malta wore similar costumes to the Knights Templar
before them. The stylized cross we see on their uniforms is known today
as a Maltese cross.

Pope Benedict is greeted by the former Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Prince...
read more.

America

The United States is also under the rule of the Papacy. Most American presidents have been involved in Freemasonry, which is an outwardly Protestant secret society that is actually controlled by Catholic Jesuits.
Presidents and other American leaders also have strong blood connections to British royalty, and many have been initiated into Knighthood in
the Order of the Bath under the Queen. American leaders give their
allegiance to the Queen, and the Queen is subservient to the Pope, which
is just another way that the Papacy controls America.
The Order
of the Bath, the Knights of Malta, and the Knights Templar are all the
same. Behind the elaborate pomp of these orders sits the same power—the
same people calling the shots.

are living in a time of unprecedented drive toward unity and conformity of religious thought. The drive towards unity (or ecumenism) has been increasing throughout
the 20th century.
Through the charismatic movement and the efforts of
the Vatican, Protestant denominations are putting aside their
differences and focusing on common points rather than points of
doctrine. It is argued that all people serve the same God, and tolerance
for different viewpoints is an essential ingredient for peace.
As a result, ecumenism is the new order of the day. The World Council of Churches defines ecumenism this way:

The word oikoumene, from which the term “ecumenical” derives,
means “the whole inhabited earth”...In modern usage, the word embraces the unity of God’s whole creation and
recognizes every human pursuit as subject to the healing ministry of
Christ’s Spirit.i

It is acknowledged that people have a spiritual dimension, but all
religions, regardless of what they believe, are seen as one—a kind of
smorgasbord of spiritual choices to fill the spiritual needs of the
individual.
However, there is naturally friction as each major religion sees things
differently. For example, Jesus is God in the Christian religion, while
in Islam and Buddhism Jesus is only a good man or prophet. Judaism
rejects Jesus’ claims to be the Messiah, and New Age doctrine says He is here on the earth now, and has made multiple appearances throughout history. Is Jesus the only God?
Christians also hold to doctrinal differences based on their
denominations. However, the differences between denominations are played
down, and only the common points are discussed. The question, “Why are
there so many denominations?” seems to imply that there is no need for
denominations at all—that we are all just one big Christian family.
It is true that those that believe in Christ, regardless of
denomination, are children of the same Father, and brothers and sisters
in Christ. And it is true that differences in doctrine cannot and should
not prevent Christians from praying together, helping each other, and
loving each other. But it is also true that the Word is to be the guide
for all Christians.
Any differences in doctrine must be brought to the Word of God for
examination with an open mind, so that the Word and the Word alone will
dictate our doctrinal beliefs. This is the unity Christ wanted for
His followers. Never did He mean that we could believe whatever we
wanted about a particular doctrine, for Christ Himself quoted the Word
and lived by it.
The confusion among Christian denominations explains why atheists and
agnostics see religion, and especially Christianity, as a spiritual
crutch. It seems that each person interprets the Word to suit his or her
fancy, and that truth is unavailable, unattainable, and perhaps even
non-existent. Truth becomes relative to each person’s perspective and
experiences.
Read about two types of false unity that have crept into the religious world

The Reformation was a time of breaking away from the
norm in order to return to Biblical truth. If we hold to the reformers'
teachings, we will again have to separate from the majority, rather
than join in experiential unity.

The ecumenical movement may seem harmless on the
surface, but Biblical prophecy shows us the dangers involved.

History of the Martyrs

History tells of many battles for religious liberty in the Great
Reformation and the Puritan movement. These battles brought about the
religious freedoms we enjoy today. But the particulars of those battles,
and the incredible sacrifice of thousands—perhaps millions—of men,
women, and children, seem to have been forgotten. Too little do we study
the lives of the heroes of faith. Their names are unknown to us, and
their courage and constancy have little impact on our faith. Have we
forgotten that we are debtors to their sacrifice? Can we safely ignore
their faithful witness and still expect to stand firm in times of
persecution?
In reading about persecution of the Church, we see that persecution has
strengthened and enlarged the Church rather than harming it. For every
one believer that was killed for his or her faith, more than double the
number was added to the Church. In a very real sense, blood of the
martyrs became the seed of the church.

We must ever bear in mind that persecution did not produce the
martyrs. It only made them public. There were many noble witnesses
besides these, whom the flames did not reveal, who were true martyrs in
the fullest meaning of the word.i
As this age draws to its close there is no doubt that persecution in
a very severe form will take place. Those who side with Christ and
refuse to give way to the Spirit of Antichrist will have to suffer. But
they will be encouraged and strengthened to endure as they call to mind
these saints of past ages, who “loved not their lives unto the death,"
who would rather burn than turn, and sooner die than deny Christ.ii
May the following account of martyrs increase your courage and help you
discover new reasons for your faith. May the story of their lives be
used by God to strengthen your heart, so that when Christ comes in power
and great glory, you may not be ashamed before Him.

Albigenses

The Albigenses were Protestants who lived in the country of Albi. They
were condemned in the council of Lateran by order of Pope Alexander III,
but their numbers grew so rapidly that many cities were inhabited
exclusively by them, and they converted several important noblemen.
The Pope wanted to rid the empire of these people that he considered
heretics, and so encircled the city of Beziers. No amount of compromise
or discussion could pacify the troops surrounding the city. The
inhabitants were told that unless the Albigenses would give up their
religion and conform to the Church of Rome, there could be no mercy. The
Roman Catholics living within the walls of Beziers urged the Albigenses
to comply; but the Albigenses nobly answered that they would not
forsake their religion. They said that God was able if He pleased to
defend them; but if He would be glorified by their holding onto their
faith unto death, it would be an honor for them to die for His sake. The
Catholics, finding it impossible to persuade the Albigenses to
surrender to the will of Rome, sent their bishop to beg the army legate
to not include them in the punishment of the Albigenses.

When he heard this, the legate flew into a passionate rage and declared
that, “if all the city did not acknowledge their fault, they would all
taste of one curse, without distinction of religion, sex, or age.” The
inhabitants refused to yield to such terms, and consequently were
fiercely attacked. Every cruelty was practiced; the groans of men dying
in pools of blood were heard amid the cries of mothers, who after being
brutalized by the soldiers, had their children taken from them and
killed before their eyes. On July 22, 1209, the beautiful city of
Beziers was destroyed by fire, the cathedral of Saint Nazaire burned
with its terrified inhabitants who had taken refuge inside. All that
remained was a heap of ruins. In all, 60,000 men, women, and children
were murdered. More and more towns where the Albigenses lived were
destroyed in a similar fashion.
In 1620, persecution against the Albigenses was renewed. At a town
called Tell, while the minister was preaching to a congregation of the
reformed, the papists attacked and murdered a number of the people. One
lady of eminence was exhorted to change her religion, especially for the
sake of her child. She replied, “I did not quit Italy, my native
country, nor forsake the estate I had there, for the sake of Jesus
Christ, to renounce Him here. With regard to my infant, why should I not
deliver him up to death, since God gave His Son to die for me?” The
persecutors then killed the woman, but not before taking her child and
giving him to a Catholic nurse to bring up.
An Albigense young lady of a noble family was seized and carried through
the streets. After mocking and beating her, the brutal multitude told
her to call upon the saints, to which she replied, “my trust and
salvation is in Christ only; for even the virgin Mary, without the
merits of her Son, could not be saved.” Upon hearing this, the multitude
killed her.
These barbarous acts continued until the brave and faithful Albigenses were completely eradicated.
Adapted from John Foxe,The Book of Martyrs (London: Pickering & Inglis, no date): 23-28.

The Waldenses

In the 14th century, Pope Pius IV determined to exterminate the Waldenses from France. The Waldenses had built and formed themselves into two corporate towns, and had pleased the local nobles with their honesty and quiet industry. After some time, they
sent to Geneva for two ministers, one for each town. Hearing of this,
Pope Pius IV saw an opportunity to fulfill his plan. He sent a cardinal
and two monks first to the town of St. Xist, and told the people that nothing would happen to them if they would accept the preachers appointed by the Pope. If they refused, they would be deprived of their property and lives. They were to attend mass that very afternoon to show their willingness to comply.
Instead of obeying, the inhabitants of St. Xist fled into the woods. Disappointed, the cardinal and the monks then proceeded to the other town, La Garde. There, having learned from the dilemma at St. Xist, they ordered the gates to be locked and all avenues guarded. The same proposal was made to the people of La Garde, with the added lie that the inhabitants of St. Xist had immediately agreed to the same proposal. The people agreed to follow the example of their brethren at St. Xist.
Having won La Garde, the cardinal immediately sent troops to massacre the people of St. Xist, hunting them down in the woods and sparing none. Many were killed before the Waldenses began to fight back. Finally, the troops were compelled to retreat, whereupon the viceroy of the region declared all outlaws and deserters pardoned if they could catch and kill the inhabitants of St. Xist. Several outlaws appeared and finished exterminating the people of St. Xist.
Then, the cardinal began making more demands of the people of La Garde. Fullest protection was offered them if they would embrace the Roman Catholic religion. The Waldenses, however, unanimously refused to renounce their religion or embrace the errors of the Pope. Thirty of them were immediately tortured publicly to terrify the rest. Those who survived and watched the torture still remained constant in their faith, declaring that nothing could make them renounce God, or bow down to idols. They were hunted down and killed, until there was not a single Waldense left in France.

As a result of this persecution, many Waldenses fled to the valley of Piedmont in Italy, where they enjoyed a brief period of peace. However, the peace was short-lived and they again experienced persecution. Many were killed for truth. The Waldenses decided that their clergy would begin preaching in public (until then they had only preached privately) so that everyone might know the purity of their doctrines. Until then they had possessed only the New Testament and a few books of the Old in their own language, and so they employed a Swiss printer to furnish them with a complete edition of the Bible.
News of this move enraged the duke, and he sent troops against the Waldenses to kill them. But the troops returned, saying that the Waldenses were too numerous for the small army. Also, the Waldenses were well acquainted with the country, had secured all the passes, were well armed, and were determined to defend themselves. The troops were recalled and the duke decided to place a bounty on each Waldense head. Several were tortured to death.
A delegation was sent to the Waldenses asking that they would return to the Church of Rome. If they did so, they could continue to enjoy their houses and lands, and live without being harassed. To prove their obedience, they would have to send 12 people of their leaders to be dealt with at discretion. Rejection of this proposal would result in persecution and death.
The Waldenses replied that nothing would make them renounce their religion and that they would never consent to entrust their most valued friends to their worst enemies. This so exasperated the parliament of Turin, that they begged for troops to be sent by France to help them exterminate the Waldenses. Just as these troops were ready to depart, however, the Protestant princes of Germany sent word that if France took action, Germany would assist the Waldenses and war would break out. To avoid a war, the plan was halted, and peace reigned for a time.

After a few years, a representative of the Pope travelled to Turin and mentioned that he was astonished that the Waldenses had not yet been uprooted from the valley of Piedmont or compelled to return to the Catholic Church. He implied that duke’s neglect of this matter aroused suspicion that the duke himself was a traitor of Rome. Wishing to prove his zeal, the duke ordered the Waldenses to attend mass regularly on pain of death. Upon the refusal of the Waldenses, the duke sent out troops to begin extermination. Hundreds were killed. Those who fled had their houses plundered and burned. Ministers and schoolmasters were cruelly tortured. If any wavered in their faith, they sent them to the galleys to be converted by hardships. Not being as successful as he wanted, the duke increased the numbers of troops and added outlaws to assist in the extermination.
The Waldenses took as many belongings as they could, left the valley, and hid in the Alps. The troops plundered and burned the villages, but they could not force the passes to the Alps, gallantly defended by the Waldenses. Eventually, the duke stopped the bloodshed. But by then, almost all had been destroyed.
Adapted from John Foxe,The Book of Martyrs (London: Pickering & Inglis, no date): 71-78.

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Greetings. I had i reservation on your text if i can. Tiso was not murderer of jews. Maybe you do some more research and then you shoot. This question is much more complicated. In Slovakia 1939-1945 was Tiso only president, but there were "Snem" something like parliament, with 80 members and parliament create and approve laws. President can only veto. But veto can be broken by second voting in "snem". At first there were radicals lead by Tuka and Tiso was antoher wing not radical.Radical want radical solution of jewish question. So Tuka start unconstitutionally deporations of jews from Slovakia, later were signed treaty with Germany, where Germany commited good living conditions for Slovak jews in Poland work camps. This can be easy to verify. So no one except few radicals want to murder jews, they want to get rid of them by eviction. Jews were get rid of citizenship and property so it is moral discutabile. I trully don´t advocate this approach but truth is that no one wants to mas murder jews. They absolutely don´t know what is going in camps. When slovakian jew Dionýz Lénard run from camp and get info abut mas murdering, Tiso send Mach and ordered to stop transports until Slovak diplomatic mission can verify how jews live in camps. This mission was never allowed by Germans. So transports stopped in 1942. Allies start to believe that germans trully murder jews in 1944. Slovakian government in this time was trully not friendly inclined to jews that is true, but it is not very objective to throw all dirt on president. There were much wrong shamefull decisions but president is not only one responsible. There are many testimonies about Tiso trying to help jews. He helped for example 80 jew chlidren as in this video old man who were one of thiese children testifies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pUo3tqR4v8 only in slovak lang.I like your article but i studied this questions for years and i think it is not objective stance that Tiso was like other vatican criminals. He doesn´t had very good relationship with high ranking class priests and pope. An in the end, they get rid of him. He was brought in front of manipulated communist tribunal and hanged. I think that he has got at least sentiment and emotions although he do mistakes. This question is very sensitive in Slovakia and many misinterpretation and falsified things get out to the world. for example http://m3.aimg.sk/fdetail/mf_371187898_416f08564aa36ee6f534c733d24a0a76.jpg there is foto first modified to show that Tiso heiled. Second is real photo from which was first photo modified. And this is only one evidence that even today someone wants to throw dirt on Tiso. It is very good for thiese whose ancestors were in Snem or confiscated jewish property. It´s good to throw all dirt on dead Tiso and they can freely harm even today and they can even pretend that they are most tollerant. World is full of oportunists. Make your own opinion. I want only wrote you different story that came from evidence from which i learned.